The daily east coast sea breeze pushed inland and produced thunderstorms over coastal sections of Central Florida.
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The daily east coast sea breeze pushed inland and produced thunderstorms over coastal sections of Central Florida.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 19, 1:32 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 232 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2008 .DISCUSSION... ...SOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO EARLY EVENING... THIS EVENING/TONIGHT...VSBL SATELLITE TRENDS SHOW DIFFUSE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE MOVING TWD SUMTER COUNTY WITH EAST COAST SEA BRZ ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS CSTL VOLUSIA COUNTY. 15Z CAPE SOUNDING STILL INDICATES UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH WESTERLY STEERING FLOW AND PWAT 1.89 INCHES. EXPECT SOME STRONG STORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS VOLUSIA/SEMINOLE /ORANGE AND NE LAKE COUNTY DURING THE LATE AFTN INTO THE EARLY EVENING AS BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS ALLOW SOME INTENSE CELLS TO DEVELOP. SOME DRYING NOTED ON THE WATER VAPOR ACROSS THE NORTH SO COVERAGE MAY BE LESS ACROSS NRN SECTIONS...BUT STILL EXPECT SOME STRONG TO PSBLY A FEW SVR CELLS. ALSO EXPECT DELAYED SEA BRZ ACROSS SRN SECTIONS TO SPARK SOME SCT ACTIVITY THIS EVENING FROM SRN BREVARD SOUTH. FRI...SUBTLE MID/UPR S/W TROUGH SHOULD PUSH INTO THE ATLC OFF SE COASTAL SECTIONS WITH NVA ACROSS THE NORTH AND SOME MID-UPR LYR DRYING. WILL GO LOW SCT COVERAGE AREA-WIDE WITH ENOUGH LOW LVL MOISTURE AND MID LVL WESTERLY STEERING FLOW TO TRIGGER LOW SCT COVERAGE BY THE LATE AFTN HOURS. EAST/WEST COAST SEA BREEZES PUSHING SLOWLY INLAND AND TSTM OUTFLOWS WILL BE PRIMARY CONVECTIVE INITIATION MECHANISMS BY LATE AFTN. HIGHS UPR 80S COAST TO LWR 90S INTERIOR. SAT/MON...SCT POPS AREA WIDE SAT DUE TO SYNOPTIC LIGHT SW REGIME AND AVAILABLE MOISTURE. UPPER TROUGHING EXTENDING FROM THE OH VALLEY TO THE NORTH GULF WL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY ADTL CONUS IMPULSE ENERGY ON SUN AND THIS WL SHARPEN THE BROADER FEATURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES INCLUDING WEST OF THE FL PENINSULA LATE SAT AND INTO SUNDAY. WITH THE AXIS OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE CONTINUING TO LIE WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CONVECTIVE INHIBITION WL EXIST WITH DEEP MOISTURE...SW FLOW AND APCHG WAVE ACTING TO INCREASE PRECIP CHCS ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. NEXT WEEK...GRADUAL PATTERN CHANGE AROUND TUE AS UPR TROUGH GRADUALLY SHIFTS NORTH AND EAST OF THE REGION. SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS RETURNS BACK TOWARD THE FL PENINSULA IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING FEATURE. PRECIP CHCS WL DECREASE BY MIDWEEK BUT SHOULD STILL REMAIN IN SCT RANGE DUE TO AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND UPR RIDGE NOT TERRIBLY WELL DEFINED ATTM. SEABREEZE AND BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS WL BE PRIMARY PLAYERS IN PLACEMENT AND TIMING OF AFTN PRECIP DURING THIS PERIOD. && .AVIATION...EXPECT SCT TSRA TO DVLP IN THE KDAB-KLEE-KMCO AREA BTWN 20Z-23Z WITH SOME STRONG STORMS EXPECTED WITH STRONG WINDS...+RA AND FQT LIGHTNING. ISOLD STORMS MAY ALSO AFFECT THE KMLB-KSUA CORRIDOR DURING THE LATE AFTN AS EAST COAST SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS AND MID-UPR LVL CLOUDINESS THINS. && .MARINE...MAIN HAZARD WILL BE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING PUSHING OFFSHORE NORTH OF THE CAPE. NO SIG WIND OR SEA CONDITIONS ARE SHOWN BY GUIDANCE OTHER THAN LOCAL WIND WAVE AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS THAN 3 FT INTO NEXT WEEK.. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 71 89 72 90 / 20 20 10 50 MCO 72 92 73 93 / 20 20 10 50 MLB 69 89 72 89 / 20 20 10 40 VRB 69 88 72 90 / 20 20 20 40 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...VOLKMER LONG TERM....PENDERGRAST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1035 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2008 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-192100- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 1035 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... DEEP MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING...A LATE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE NEAR THE EAST COAST...AND INTERACTION WITH THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE BREEZE AND STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF A DIFFUSE GULF BREEZE...WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE PRESENCE OF A WEAK TROUGH IN THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS...HAIL UP TO COIN SIZE...AND FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALL POSSIBLE. COVERAGE OF STORMS IS FORECAST TO BE A LITTLE LOWER ACROSS LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES DUE TO SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THIS AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES IN A 60 TO 90 MINUTE PERIOD WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE..WHERE SEA AND LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARIES WILL INTERACT. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS FLORIDAS NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... STORMS WHICH FORM OVER LAND WILL PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. COVERAGE WILL BE HIGHEST SOUTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL. MARINERS WILL NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STORMS MOVING RAPIDLY OFFSHORE FROM THE WEST ...AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR IN ADVANCE OF THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS FLORIDA WILL FAVOR HIGHER STORM COVERAGE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA...WITH STORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WHILE COVERAGE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE A BIT LOWER ON FRIDAY...IT WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN FROM THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. CRISTALDI/VOLKMER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 351 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2008 FLZ041-044-192030- INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- 351 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY...WESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAISLEY...MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST VOLUSIA COUNTY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS OR CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING STRIKES...DEFINED AS 12 OR MORE CLOUD TO GROUND STRIKES PER MINUTE. SEEK SHELTER IN AN ENCLOSED BUILDING OR HARD TOPPED AUTOMOBILE. OPEN SHELTERS FOUND IN PARKS...ON BEACHES OR GOLF COURSES OFFER NO PROTECTION FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING AND LEAVE SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES. KELLY
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Ormond Beach dispatch reported trees down on power lines at Nova Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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